Azure Cloud

Azure Cloud

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Azure Cloud

In this comprehensive Azure Administrator course led by industry experts, you will learn Microsoft Entra ID, Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, Storage, Load Balancing, Backup, Site Recovery, CI/CD, Terraform and more.

KEY FEATURES

Curriculum

What you will learn — lecture by lecture

22 live practical lectures covering the full classroom syllabus.

Lecture 01Azure Fundamentals, Subscriptions & Resource Management
  • Overview of Azure Subscription
  • Exploring Free Trial Subscription
  • Understanding Azure Region
  • Introduction to Azure Resource Group
  • Creating and Deleting Azure Resource Group
  • Azure Resource Group Naming Convention
  • The Importance of Azure Tags
  • Applying Tags to Azure Resources
  • Overview of Azure Support Plan
  • Benefits of Multiple Azure Subscriptions
Lecture 02Generative AI, Microsoft Entra ID & RBAC
  • Traditional AI vs Generative AI
  • Introduction to Prompt Engineering
  • How to Use Generative AI for Azure Administration
  • Creating Resource Group using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Exploring Azure Hierarchy
  • Understanding Microsoft Entra ID & Entra ID Tenant
  • Introduction to Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Overview of Built-in Azure RBAC Roles
  • Creating Admin1 User in Entra ID
  • Assigning RBAC Role of Owner to Admin 1 User
  • Configuring Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Lecture 03Entra ID Roles, Management Group & IAM
  • Creating Admin 2 using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Assigning Admin 2 Contributor RBAC role using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Introduction to Microsoft Entra ID Roles
  • Assigning Global Administrator to Admin 2
  • Azure RBAC Roles vs Microsoft Entra ID Roles
  • Exploring Azure Resource Hierarchy
  • Introduction to Azure Management Group
  • Organizing Multiple Subscriptions using Management Groups
  • Understanding Scope for Azure RBAC
  • Azure IAM
  • Virtualization Overview
Lecture 04Availability Zones, Availability Set, Proximity Placement & Virtual Network
  • Overview of Azure Regions
  • Single Data Center vs Multiple Data Center Regions
  • Introduction to Azure Availability Zones
  • Benefits of Azure Availability Zones
  • Introduction to Azure Availability Set
  • Understanding Fault Domain & Update Domain
  • Benefits of Azure Availability Set
  • Creating Azure Availability Set
  • Introduction to Proximity Placement Group
  • Creating Proximity Placement Group
  • Availability Zone vs Availability Set
  • Introduction to Azure Virtual Network (VNet)
  • Understanding VNet Address Space & Subnet
  • Creating VNet and Subnet
  • Private IP Address Ranges for Azure VNet
  • Azure Reserved IP Addresses in Each Subnet
  • Creating Resource Group, Availability Set using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Creating Proximity Placement Group, VNET/SUBNET using Azure CLI with Gen AI
Lecture 05Azure VM Deployment, VM Families & VM State
  • Creating Resource Group, VNET/SUBNET using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Overview of Azure VM Families
  • Creating VM in Availability Zone
  • Resetting Azure VM Password
  • VM States - Stopped and Stopped-Deallocated
  • Configuring Azure VM Auto-Shutdown
  • Stopping the VM using Azure CLI with Gen AI
Lecture 06Azure VM Resize, NIC, Private & Public IP
  • Resizing Azure VM Size
  • Introduction to Azure Boot Diagnostics
  • Overview of Azure Serial Console
  • Troubleshooting Azure VM using Serial Console
  • Enabling Azure VM Network Adapter using PowerShell
  • Introduction to Azure Network Interface Card (NIC)
  • Understanding Private IP Address of Azure NIC
  • Configuring Static Private IP Address
  • Configuring Custom DNS on Azure NIC
  • VPN vs ExpressRoute
  • Need for Public IP & Internet Communication
  • Disassociating Public IP from Azure VM
Lecture 07Azure Managed Disks, Performance & Resource Locks
  • Overview of Azure Managed Disk
  • Types of Disk — OS Disk, Temporary Disk & Data Disk
  • Introduction to Azure Disk Types
  • Understanding LRS & ZRS Disk Redundancy
  • Increasing OS Disk Size
  • Understanding IOPS & Throughput
  • VM IOPS Limit vs Disk IOPS Limit
  • Identifying VM IOPS Bottlenecks
  • Introduction to Azure Resource Locks
  • Overview of Delete Lock & Read-Only Lock
  • Applying Azure Resource Locks to Resource Group
  • Understanding Azure Lock Inheritance
Lecture 08Azure Data Disk, Snapshot & Image
  • Overview of Azure Data Disk
  • Understanding Data Disk Limits
  • Adding a Data Disk to Running VM
  • Increasing Data Disk Size
  • Changing Azure Data Disk Type
  • Introduction to Disk Snapshots
  • Understanding Snapshot Redundancy — LRS & ZRS
  • Exploring Snapshot Charges
  • Full Snapshot vs Incremental Snapshot
  • Taking Snapshot of OS Disk
  • Restoring OS Disk from Snapshot
  • Taking Snapshot of OS Disk using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Increase OS Disk Size Using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Introduction to Image
  • Snapshot vs Image
Lecture 09Network Security Group, Security Rules & Application Security Group
  • Introduction to Network Security Group (NSG)
  • Understanding Inbound & Outbound Traffic Flow
  • NSG Rule Matching Criteria
  • Creating Inbound and Outbound Rule in NSG
  • Overview of Default Inbound & Outbound Rules
  • Understanding NSG Rule Priority
  • Applying NSG to Network Interface (NIC) or Subnet
  • Configuring NSG at Subnet Level
  • Create NSG Rule using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Introduction to Application Security Group (ASG)
  • Creating Application Security Group (ASG)
  • Network Security Group (NSG) vs Application Security Group (ASG)
Lecture 10Private Subnet, NAT Gateway & VNet Peering
  • Understanding Azure Reserved IP Addresses in a Subnet
  • Overview of Default Outbound Access
  • Understanding Private Subnet & Outbound Connectivity
  • Introduction to Azure NAT Gateway
  • Creating NAT Gateway
  • Understanding NAT Gateway Public IP Address
  • NAT Gateway vs Public IP for Outbound Internet Access
  • Introduction to VNet Peering
  • Creating VNet Peering
  • Local VNet Peering vs Global VNet Peering
  • VNet Address Space Requirements
  • VNet Peering Non-Transitivity
Lecture 11Azure Backup, Recovery Services Vault & VM Restore
  • Creating the Lab using Azure CLI with Gen AI
  • Introduction to Azure Backup
  • Creating Recovery Services Vault
  • Overview of Backup Storage Redundancy — LRS, ZRS & GRS
  • Understanding Azure Region Pair
  • Configuring Backup Policy & Retention
  • Understanding Azure VM Backup Process
  • Overview of Instant Restore
  • Understanding Snapshot Consistency
  • Exploring VM Restore Options
  • Restoring Azure VM using Backup
  • Performing File Recovery from Backup
Lecture 12Azure Site Recovery, Failover & Recovery Objectives
  • Creating the Lab using Azure CLI with GenAI
  • Introduction to Azure Site Recovery
  • Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR)
  • Primary & Target Region
  • Creating Recovery Services Vault in Target Region
  • Configuring VM Replication between Azure Regions
  • Azure Site Recovery Architecture
  • Performing Failover from Primary to Target Region
  • Performing Commit Failover
  • Testing Azure Site Recovery Failover
  • Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
  • Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
  • Failover vs Failback
Lecture 13Azure Load Balancer, Health Probe & Traffic Distribution
  • Creating the Lab using Azure CLI with GenAI
  • Introduction to Azure Load Balancer
  • Difference Between Standard & Gateway Load Balancer
  • Public Load Balancer vs Internal Load Balancer
  • Overview of Frontend IP & Backend Pool
  • Understanding Health Probe & Traffic Distribution
  • Creating Standard Public Load Balancer
  • Configuring Health Probe
  • Configuring Load Balancing Rule
  • Understanding Session Persistence
  • Installing IIS Service in VM
  • Testing the Load Balancer
  • Exploring Azure Global Load Balancer
Lecture 14Azure Traffic Manager, DNS Routing & Failover
  • Introduction to Azure Traffic Manager
  • Understanding DNS-Based Global Traffic Management
  • Traffic Manager Routing Methods
  • Configuring Priority Routing
  • Creating Traffic Manager Profile
  • Configuring DNS CNAME Record for Traffic Manager
  • Understanding Primary & Secondary Endpoints
  • Configuring Health Monitoring & Automatic Failover
  • Manual DNS Failover vs Automated DNS Failover
  • Understanding DNS Cache Concept
  • Testing Traffic Manager Failover
Lecture 15Azure VM Scale Sets & Auto Scaling
  • Introduction to Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)
  • Creating VM Scale Set
  • Configuring Scale-Out & Scale-In Rules
  • Testing Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)
  • Understanding Minimum, Maximum & Default Instance Counts
  • Overview of Microsoft.Insights for VMSS Monitoring
  • Configuring Azure Load Balancer with VMSS
  • Introduction to Application Gateway
Lecture 16Azure Storage Account, Redundancy & Blob Storage
  • Introduction to Azure Storage Account
  • Overview of Blob, File, Queue & Table Storage
  • Premium vs Standard Storage Account
  • Overview of Storage Account Redundancy
  • Understanding LRS, ZRS & GRS
  • Exploring RA-GRS & RA-GZRS
  • Understanding Storage Account Geo-Redundancy
  • Introduction to Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage Access Tiers
  • Understanding Storage Endpoint
  • Configuring Storage Account Lifecycle Management
  • Demonstrating Storage Account Contributor RBAC Role
Lecture 17GitHub, Azure DevOps Pipeline & CI/CD
  • Introduction to GitHub
  • Understanding Traditional Manual Deployment
  • GitHub as Central Code Repository
  • Overview of Manual Testing & Deployment
  • GitHub Repository Visibility — Public vs Private
  • Introduction to Continuous Integration (CI)
  • Understanding CI Pipeline Workflow
  • Configuring Azure DevOps Pipeline
  • Understanding CI Validation vs Continuous Deployment (CD)
  • Performing CI/CD Flow from Code to Live Website
  • Deploying website to Azure Static Web Apps
Lecture 18Azure Cost Management, Pricing & Optimization
  • Introduction to Azure Budget
  • Creating Azure Budget Threshold & Alerts
  • Overview of Azure Cost Options
  • Understanding Pay-As-You-Go Pricing
  • Azure Reservation & Commitment
  • Understanding Azure Savings Plan
  • Reservation vs Savings Plan
  • Introduction to Azure Spot Virtual Machine
  • Understanding Spot VM Eviction
  • Azure Spot VM Use Cases
  • How VM Cost is Calculated
  • Exploring Azure Cost Optimization Options
  • Understanding Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) in Azure
  • Choosing the Right Azure Cost Option
Lecture 19Infrastructure as Code, Terraform & ARM Templates
  • Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Understanding of ARM Template
  • Deploy VM using ARM Template
  • Understanding Terraform & Multi-Cloud Infrastructure
  • Introduction to HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
  • Understanding Terraform Providers
  • Terraform iPAD Workflow — Init, Plan, Apply & Destroy
  • Initializing Terraform Project using terraform init
  • Reviewing Infrastructure Changes using terraform plan
  • Creating Azure Resource Group using terraform apply
  • Understanding Terraform State File
  • Viewing Managed Resources using terraform state list
  • Viewing Resource Details using terraform show
  • Understanding Terraform State vs Real Cloud Environment
Lecture 20Azure Infrastructure Deployment, Terraform & Azure Monitor
  • Creating VNet using Terraform
  • Creating Subnet using Terraform
  • Understanding Resource Reference between Terraform Resources
  • Creating Virtual Machine using Terraform
  • Understanding Terraform Variables
  • Creating Load Balancer using Terraform
  • Deploying Azure Infrastructure using terraform apply
  • Destroying Terraform-Managed Resources using terraform destroy
  • Azure ARM Template vs Terraform
  • Introduction to Azure Monitor Alerts
  • Configuring Alerts for VM Shutdown & Restart Activities
  • Understanding Azure Activity Log
  • Activity Log Retention Period
Lecture 21Hybrid Identity, Microsoft Entra Connect & SSO
  • Introduction to Hybrid Identity
  • Synchronizing On-Premises Active Directory with Microsoft Entra ID
  • Understanding Microsoft Entra Connect
  • Configuring Password Hash Synchronization
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Configuring Hybrid Identity
  • Testing Identity Synchronization
Lecture 22Azure File Share, Policy, Migration & Career Guidance
  • Introduction to Azure File Share
  • Creating Azure File Share
  • Introduction to Azure Policy
  • Creating & Assigning Azure Policies
  • Introduction to Azure Migration
  • Azure Migrate Service
  • Concept of Discovery & Replication Server in Migration
  • Understanding Discovery, Assessment, Replication & Migration
  • Resume Sample for Azure Cloud Engineer
  • Azure Interview Questions